Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain in a healthy adult population: Normative values and measurement reproducibility at 3 T and 1.5 T

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 800-807

  Brander, Antti ^a   Kataja, Anneli ^a   Saastamoinen, Antti ^a   Ryymin, Pertti ^a   Huhtala, Heini ^b   Öhman, Juha ^a   Soimakallio, Seppo ^a   Dastidar, Prasun ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brainstem; CNS; Diffusion imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT POPULATIONS; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BRAINSTEM; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL SCANNERS; CNS; CORONA RADIATA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MEAN AGES; MEAN VALUES; MRI; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL VARIATION; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; WHITE MATTER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

TENSORS;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955672158     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851.2010.495351     Document Type: Article

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